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Czechoslovakia, Circa 1934. A classic example of fine art glass of the period. Deep green malachite glass vase adorned with beautiful female figures. , A very fine example without flaws or defects. LALIQUE STYLE MOLDED GREEN MALACHITE ART GLASS. A beautiful piece of Molded Art Glass created by Henry Gunther Schlevogt from Checkoslavakia an entrepreneur who admired Lalique Glass, and created his first collection of Lalique-style molded glass in 1934 of which this is a piece. It was manufactured by Riedel Glassworks. He named the series "Ingrid" after his daughter.

Strasbourg: Johann Mentelin, 1473. The page is from the second edition of this work, printed in Strasbourg by Johann Mentelin in 1473. Printed, in black ink, on both sides in double columns containing 62 lines in thick roman script. Many of the capital letters are touched in yellow ink and there are paragraph rubrics in red as well as large rubricated capitals in red and blue. The leaf is headlined XXXI on one side in red and II on the other in blue. Folio, approx. 18 by 12 inches, handsomely mounted in cream boards ruled in yellow and red Single leaf. Extremely well preserved, fine and very handsome. VERY RARE EARLY INCUNABULA BY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PRINTERS OF THE EARLY RENAISSANCE. Vincent of Beauvais was a Dominican friar who left the monastic life and eventually became lector and chaplain to the court of the French King Louis the IX. It was under such patronage that he undertook the task of writing three huge encyclopedias which he intended to include the sum of all… Read More

London: Constable and Company, 1911. First edition. Illustrated with colour plates and a profusion of half-tone plates and drawings throughout. 8vo, publisher's original brown cloth gilt lettered on the spine, with a colour pictorial paste-down to the upper cover with columns adjacent in black, t.e.g. xv, 360 pp. A very fine, bright copy. FIRST EDITION. A wonderful copy of this book, a journey in twenty-four chapters. The author, however, makes little mention of Genoa, Florence, Naples, Venice, or Rome, instead traveling "to the hills, the deep-bosomed rolling hills, with their valleys and their plains and with towered cities riding on their crests," to such places as Arezzo, Cortona, Perugia, Assisi, Gubbio, Ancona, Loreto, Ravenna, and other less-travelled spots.

Amsterdam: Traduite du Flamand, 1686. First edition of the French printing. With a great profusion of superb engravings including the very large folding map at the beginning of the book and the other fine copper plates as called for including 14 double page maps, 28 double page plates, 55 text views plus the very elaborately engraved pictorial frontispiece. Folio, bound in full contemporary calf, armorial crest in gilt on both covers which are bordered with double gilt fillet lines, the spine with raised bands gilt ruled, gilt emblematic centre tools, morocco lettering label gilt. iv, 534, (22) pp. A pleasing and unrestored copy, bright and clean and very well preserved copy internally, a touch of foxing occasionally, the original binding with some edge-wear and rubbing, spine rubbed from use, hinges cracking but with the cords strong and tight. Collated complete. RARE AND IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION OF THIS MONUMENTAL WORK. Dapper’s most sought after series of travel which covers the entire… Read More

Toledo: Franklin Printing & Engraving Co, 1904. First Edition. A Unique Presentation Copy, Inscribed for the recipient in Ms. Colton's elegant hand and with a very personal handwritten letter to the recipient still enclosed in the original envelope in which the author celebrates the recipient's upcoming journey to Rome and mentions a mutual appreciation for the writings of Montessori. Extensively illustrated by photographs throughout. 8vo, publisher's maroon cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and upper cover and gilt ruled on the spine and upper cover, t.e.g. 288 pp. A very fine copy, beautifully preserved, fresh and clean throughout.. AN INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION WITH AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED FROM THE AUTHOR TO THE RECIPIENT OF THE BOOK. A delightful book of travels through Europe and including pleasing and anecdotal and historical vignettes of the cities and vicinities of Naples, the Amalfi Coast, Rome, the Vatican, Milan, Vienna, Budapest, Munich, Bavaria and… Read More

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1897. First Edition, First State. Illustrated with the infamous frontispiece of the hanging, suppressed in later issues and editions of the book. 8vo, publisher's original light green cloth lettered and beautifully decorated in gilt and green on the spine and upper cover. [6], 133, 18 ads. pp. A fine and bright copy, very well preserved, clean and tight. FIRST EDITION AND A FINE COPY. Olive Schreiner was born in Cape Colony, South Africa, the daughter of a missionary, and began writing while working as a governess. This, one of her most emotionally moving novels has to do with the scourge of apartheid and the abuse of the native peoples by white South Africans at the end of the 1800's. A tough book in consideration of very tough times and the era of Cecil Rhodes in South Africa and Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).

New York: Heritage Press, 1939. First edition thus. Illustrated with eight full page drawings by John Austen. 8vo, in the publisher’s original rust boards, gilt lettered on the spine and with brown decorated borders on the upper cover. In the original slipcase. vii, 210 pp. A fine copy, light mellowing to the spine panel and some to the slipcase. DELICATE BLACK AND WHITE DRAWINGS WOVEN WITHIN THE TEXT AND FULL PAGE COLOR-TINTED ILLUSTRATIONS AS WELL BY JOHN AUSTEN. A delightful edition of this Goldsmith classic. In literary history books, The Vicar of Wakefield is often described as a sentimental novel, which displays the belief in the innate goodness of human beings. But it can also be read as a satire on the sentimental novel and its values, as the vicar's values are apparently not compatible with the real "sinful" world. It is only with Sir William Thornhill's help that he can get out of his calamities. One of the most popular novels of the Victorian era. It is mentioned in… Read More

London: John Murray, 1854. 4 volumes. The First Edition in which the author's works appear together exactly as the author left them, also the most complete edition of Goldsmith's works gathered up to the time. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait in volume one and engraved title page vignettes in each volume . 12mo, handsomely bound in antique 3/4 red calf over red cloth covered boards, the spines with raised bands separating the compartments, elaborate gilt tooled panels within the compartments, two green morocco labels gilt lettered and numbered, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. xii, 458; 487; iv, 447; 450 pp. A pleasing, clean and well preserved set in handsome, decorated bindings, minor rubbing or evidence of shelving, on volume with evidence of old damp at the bottom edge and to the lower right corner of the title leaf. A HANDSOME DECORATED SET.“This edition contains, together with all the pieces usually published, Poems, The Vicar of Wakefield, The Citizen of the… Read More

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1877. First Edition. This copy is extra-illustrated, with 50 plates. 8vo, very handsomely bound in full leather executed by James MacDonald in New York City. A fine copy, but for the covers being very tender, in attractive binding. A HANDSOME COPY OF HOLMES' EUROPEAN TRAVELS. "After an interval of more than fifty years I propose taking a second look at some parts of Europe. It is a Rip Van Winkle experiment which I am promising myself. The changes wrought by half a century in the countries I visited amount almost to a transformation. I left the England of William the Fourth, of the Duke of Wellington, of Sir Robert Peel; the France of Louis Philippe, of Marshal Soult, of Thiers, of Guizot. I went from Manchester to Liverpool by the new railroad, the only one I saw in Europe. I looked upon England from the box of a stage-coach, upon France from the coupe of a diligence, upon Italy from the cushion of a carrozza. The broken windows of Apsley House… Read More

Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Co, 1879. First Edition. This being one of an unspecified number of large paper copies, which may have been printed prior to the publication of the general trade issue. A gift presentation on the front endpaper dated "Christmas 1878" would help to assert that assumption. With an engraved frontispiece portrait of John Motley with facsimile signature. Large 8vo, publisher’s original terra cotta cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and on the upper cover, t.e.g. vii, [i], 278 pp. A very good and well preserved copy, the cloth with very little wear and bright gilt, a little unobtrusive old staining that is very mild and one signature is a little loose. THE LARGE PAPER ISSUE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ONLY 516 COPIES, AND ARE THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN PRINTED FIRST. The piece was written by Holmes at the request of the Massachusetts Historical Society. John Lothrop Motley (1814–77) was an American historian and diplomat from Massachusetts who wrote a number of… Read More

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1859. First edition, First State (Issue A with the illustrations) on large paper. With eight engravings as called for. 8vo, publisher's full terra-cotta cloth, the covers richly decorated and blocked in blind, the spine panel lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. viii, 373 pp. A very handsome and fine copy, the binding in excellent condition, the hinges tight and strong, the text-block clean, bright and crisp, the illustrations all in good order. FIRST EDITION, THE SCARCE LARGE PAPER ISSUE IN STATE A WITH THE ILLUSTRATIONS PRESENT. The engravings were subsequently excised by Holmes' request from future states of the first edition printings. Additionally, this copy is in unusually fine condition. Surrounded by Boston's literary elite (which included friends such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and James Russell Lowell) Holmes made an indelible imprint on the literary world of the 19th century. His most famous works, the… Read More

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1858. First edition, early issue with the general title-page printed in red, “Valuable Books” ads at rear binding state with monograms and flowers in the corners of the covers. Illustrated with the eight original engravings protected by tissue guards. These illustrations were removed in later issues at the request of the author. 8vo, publisher’s original green cloth lettered in gilt on spine, with the called for decorations of monograms and flowers and designs in blind on the covers. viii, 373 including index, 2 ads pp. A fine, bright, clean and very well preserved copy, unusual in this condition. FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE QUIRKIEST AND MOST CHARMING BOOKS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE. The Grolier Catalogue of One Hundred Influential American Books Printed Before 1900 calls it the "distillation of the intellectual and cultural life of New England at its Brahmin zenith,” which is a stuffy way of saying its subject matter ranges amusingly across… Read More

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864. First Edition. 8vo, publisher’s original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and decorated in blind on the covers. 468, (22 ads) pp. A good copy, with some age to the binding and textblock. A COLLECTION OF FASCINATING ESSAYS INCLUDING TWO DEALING WITH THE STEREOSCOPE AND OTHERS WITH THE CIVIL WAR. Worthwhile and intelligent writing by one of America’s preeminent authors.

NP., ND. First Edition. The portfolio is limited to 85 numbered copies, with each print hand signed by the artist and hand dated 1981, 1984, 1986. Portfolio 16 X 20 inches containing one page of text by John Wood, and three platinum print photographs by Olivia Parker. The image size is 5 X 7 inches printed on the 16 X 20 sheets. The images are "Broken Nautilus", "End Game" and "Dovecote", considered to be iconic images within Ms. Parker's oeuvre. Folio, publisher's cloth chemise housing the platinum prints and textual page, all in portfolio format. Fine copy. VERY RARE. COPIES SELDOM IF EVER SURFACE IN THE MARKETPLACE. Olivia Parker has had more than a hundred one-person exhibitions in the United States and abroad, and her work is represented in several major private, corporate and museum collections. She has exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Modern Art in New York, Museum of Fine Arts - Boston and International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House.… Read More

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1920. First Edition. A Fine Association Copy, Inscribed and Signed by Eugene O'Neill to novelist Josephine Johnson "...with all pleasant memories of her visit to Old Peaked Hill Bar...". A copy with fine provenance. 8vo, publisher's original tan and terra-cotta cloth, the spine and upper cover lettered in black. Now housed and protected in a foldover box of terra-cotta cloth. [x], 165 pp. A very good plus copy of a book seldom found as such. Some evidence of age or use, light foxing to the endleaves as usual, but a very pleasing copy still. FIRST EDITION AND A SIGNED ASSOCIATION AND PRESENTATION COPY WITH PLEASING PROVENANCE. Josephine Johnson was an American novelist, poet, and essayist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1935 at age 24 for her first novel, NOW IN NOVEMBER, which she wrote while living in her mother's attic. To this day she remains the youngest person to win the Pulitzer for Fiction. Shortly thereafter, while still living on her… Read More

Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1954. First Edition. Large, thick 8vo, original printed grey wraps printed on black on the upper cover. Now housed in a fine foldover case with red morocco lettering label gilt. 992, [1] pp. A very pleasing and well preserved copy with very little evidence of age or use. FIRST EDITION PRINTING OF THE ORIGINAL TRANSCRIPTS OF THE HEARING CONCERNING J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER AND THE ULTIMATE REMOVAL OF HIS SECURITY CLEARANCE. In 1942, Oppenheimer was recruited to work on the Manhattan Project, and in 1943 he was appointed director of the project's Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico, tasked with developing the first nuclear weapons. His leadership and scientific expertise were instrumental in the project's success. On July 16, 1945, he was present at the first test of the atomic bomb, Trinity. In August 1945, the weapons were used against Japan in the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict.… Read More

New York: George Braziller, 1965. First edition, first printing. 8vo, publisher's original light gray cloth, the spine lettered and decorated in black, in the original dustjacket. xvi, 219pp. A fine copy but for the lightest touch of age or fading at the binding extremities, the text fresh and clean, small neat owner's address plate on front pastedown, the jacket still attractive but with some wear at the extremities. FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S ACCOUNT OF HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER, "The Father of the Atomic Bomb". Haakon Chevalier's relationship with Oppenheimer was forefront in the investigations by both the FBI and the Manhattan Project's internal security arm for Oppenheimer's past left-wing associations. His association with Chevalier, who was compromised, along with his opposition to the development of the Hydrogen Bomb, resulted in the revocation of his security clearance. When Oppenheimer was stripped of his position and his political influence in 1954, he… Read More

Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1863. An early printing. With engraved frontispiece and pictorially decorated half-title. Small 8vo, publisher's original textured brown cloth, the boards finely blocked in blind with an ornate frame around a floral inspired centerpiece, the spine lettered and pictorially decorated in gilt. 263, [1 ads] pp. An unusually fresh and clean copy, the text entirely free of any foxing, toning, or stains, the hinges strong and tight, the text-block sturdy, the cloth with only very mild wear at the tips and a little dulling to the gilt. A rare find in such nice condition. A UNUSUALLY NICE COPY OF THIS POPULAR STORY, one of the many books for boys written by William Taylor Adams under the Oliver Optic pseudonym. Adams wrote well over 100 books under various other pseudonyms, and two under his real name, while also serving as a member of the Harris school board for the town of Dorchester, Massachusetts, and later for the Dwight, Boylston, and Bowditch schools in the city of… Read More

n.p.: Original Manuscript, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835. Original Manuscript in French, of the travels by General Despans-Cubičres to Italy over the course of four years. The text includes significant considerations of military affairs, the mention and discussion of famous personages as well as historical observations and political affairs . 4to, the manuscripts now bound into a binding of terra-cotta paper over marbled boards with a hand-calligraphed label to the upper cover and the titles in black to the spine panel. 534 pp. A fine and beautifully preserved collection of manuscripts written over four years. A UNIQUE AND INTERESTING MANUSCRIPT BY ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS GENERALS IN ALL OF FRENCH HISTORY. 'Amédée Louis de Cubičres was the illegitimate son of the Marquis Louis Pierre de Cubičres (page to Louis XV and squire to Louis XVI then, in 1815, of Louis XVIII) by Madame Guesnon de Bonneuil (née Michelle Sentuary). He served in the Austerlitz, Prussian and Polish campaigns,… Read More

Berkeley Heights, NJ: Published Privately at the Oriole Press, 1933, 1937. 2 volumes. LIMITED FIRST AND ONLY EDITIONS, Volume I being one of only 290 copies, this being a rare out-of-series unnumbered copy. Volume II being one of 205 copies. The first volume beautifully decorated with with woodcuts by John Buckland Wright as well as with prints, drawings, and engravings by, Maurice Duvalet, Bernard Sleigh, Albert Daenes, Frans Masereel, Albert Sterner, Walter Tittle and others. Many of the illustrations are tipped-in. The text is printed in a medley of types and colours and printed on a variety of fine papers in differing shapes and sizes. The second volume as the first with many woodcut decorations by most of the same artists. The text which is set uniformly in Garamond and Goudy Hadriano types and is printed on Arak Ash paper. Small 4to, uniformly bound in red fabric covered boards backed in black buckram, the spines each with the publisher's original single paper labels printed in red and… Read More